Genre is different types of categories e.g. horror, comedy.
Conventions are the key features of genres.
Codes(symbolic and technical) are a way of conveying meaning without using words.
the target audience for this type of magazine would be people (mostly men because there's not much writing on the front cover it's mostly pictures which is what most men like) aged between 17-60 and who are interested in cars. the mast head is in yellow which says 'top gear'. the main cover line is about new v8 supercars. there's also a few plugs to tell you little bits of extra information as to what's in the magazine. the main image is of three supercars.
Exam board ‘pressured to harshly
change GCSE’s grade boundaries’
Ofqual pleaded
to an exam board to change the grade boundaries, seen as they only changed the
boundaries two weeks before the results were published. They’re letters to
Edexcel expressing their concern about the rising number of C’s and asking the
board to act quickly. The board responded days later saying the grade
boundaries were fair and there was no justification for further changes. David
Richards, a former head teacher and Ofqual board member; said “I think it’s a
ridiculous that Ofqual think they can change exam boundaries two weeks before
results day it’s outrageous to think that it’s easy to get a grade C in English.
I was a head teacher for 14 years and I never thought at any moment that the
English grade boundaries were too lenient”. Ofqual said that the letters were
to just ensue that standards were maintained, and comparable with previous
years. Meanwhile in Wales it’s emerged that students are set to receive higher
English grades after the education minister after he demanded there papers to
be remarked. Robert Collins said that it’s an “injustice” for welsh students
after the row over students being awarded lower grades than expected. Ofqual’s
director of standards wrote to Edexcel on the 7th of august saying
they needed to act quickly to make the grade boundaries higher than they might
normally be required. Edexcel then replied two weeks before the GCSE results
were published. They believe that there is no reason for people to change the
grade boundaries because they think they are fair. Ofqual believe they should
still higher the grade boundaries from 55 out of 96 to 65 out of 96. Ofqual replied
on august 9th with a letter saying that edexcel was obliged to
ensure that it’s results were consistent with other awarding bodies.
